Transport

ANR Pipeline Co. is holding an open season through June 22 for incremental storage and transport services in response to recent customer requests for capacity in excess of its existing storage portfolio. Depending on the level of new capacity requested, ANR said it would expand existing storage and develop one or more new fields, all in Michigan.

FERC last week approved AES Ocean Express LLC’s request to enlarge the diameter of the 54-mile U.S. leg of a pipeline that would transport 842 MMcf/d of natural gas to southern Florida from proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in the Bahamas.

FERC this week approved AES Ocean Express LLC’s request to enlarge the diameter of the 54-mile U.S. leg of a pipeline that would transport 842 MMcf/d of natural gas to southern Florida from a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in the Bahamas.

FERC on Friday gave El Paso Corp. pipeline subsidiary Wyoming Interstate Co. Ltd. (WIC) draft environmental clearance to carry out an expansion of its system to transport additional natural gas production out of the Rocky Mountain region.

Richard Clarke, former anti-terrorism czar for both the Bush and Clinton administrations, is preparing a threat analysis of the proposed marine transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through Narragansett Bay, said Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch. The U.S. Coast Guard has requested a copy of the analysis, which is due to be completed by mid-April.

Richard Clarke, former anti-terrorism czar for both the Bush and Clinton administrations, is preparing a threat analysis of the proposed marine transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through Narragansett Bay, said Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch. The U.S. Coast Guard has requested a copy of the analysis, which is due to be completed by mid-April.

The future of a major Indonesia to Mexico export-import project to liquify, transport and regasify natural gas for the West Coast of North America seemed assured Tuesday with the signing by Sempra and BP affiliates of a 20-year agreement for gas from the proposed BP Tangguh LNG Project in Indonesia to supply about half of the 1 Bcf/d going into the jointly owned Sempra-Royal Dutch Shell receiving terminal at Costa Azul, Mexico. The project has the blessings of the governments of the United States, Mexico and Indonesia. Shell will be supplying the other half of the gas.

Dynegy Inc. said Wednesday that it has agreed to exit four long-term natural gas transportation contracts as part of its plan to wind down its third-party marketing and trading business. The move will eliminate nearly $300 million of future fixed payment obligations, according to CEO Bruce Williamson.

Dynegy Inc. said Wednesday that it has agreed to exit four long-term natural gas transportation contracts as part of its plan to wind down its third-party marketing and trading business. The move will eliminate nearly $300 million of future fixed payment obligations, according to CEO Bruce Williamson.